Happy New Year! To start the year, here's my most recent custom of a "made-up" character based on The Old Republic game/trailers.
Master Hev Dareios was a prominent Jedi Guardian during the war against the Sith Empire. Though his manner was brusque, he had a deep compassion for those too weak to defend themselves. As was frequently seen during the Old Republic era, Master Hev had a few cybernetic implants, most notably on the left side of his head. Since his affinity with the Force was not as strong as the Jedi Consulars, he chose to have this implant to enhance his hearing, amongst other mysterious functions. The Jedi Guardian stood at approximately 1.9 meters. He practiced both lightsaber forms Djem So and Juyo.
During the sacking of Coruscant and the Jedi Temple, Master Hev was leading the war effort in the battle for Balmorra. When the Treaty of Coruscant went into effect, the Republic was forced to withdraw all troops and leave the Balmorran citizens to fight the Empire alone. Master Hev, rather than leave behind the Balmorran resistance to be crushed, disobeyed orders and stayed to fight. However, before mounting a major counteroffensive in coordination with the Balmorran resistance fighters, Master Hev received a Force vision about a Jedi that would come years later and free the Balmorrans. He was not that Jedi. Instead of participating in the counteroffensive, he stayed in the shadows for years and struck at the Empire in small but significant ways, paving the way for the promised Jedi to come. A few weeks before that foretold Jedi was to arrive, Master Hev ambushed an Imperial convoy that he had believed was ill-protected. Unbeknownst to him, the Empire had baited him into a battle he could not win, and Master Hev was believed to have been killed in a valiant effort to save his own life. It is said that at least a thousand Imperial troops and scores of Sith Acolytes, Sorcerers, and Dark Lords died by his blade and ingenuity during his lifetime.
